kitchen door hinge problem

Epoxy car body filler (or epoxy wood filler). Chisel out a bit more of the wood, so the hole expands out from the initial hole so that the filler can wedge fully inside, if that makes sense.

i.e.

----/ \-- / \ -------

is better than

----\ /--- \ / -

Christian.

P.S. Thinking about it, it might be easier to just drill out a few near horizontal tunnels to provide the requisite key.

Christian.

When this happened to me I drilled out holes to the largest dia dowel I had and glued dowels in then cut them off flush and remounted hindge. gordon

Some possibiles: Oversize screws Through bolts into adjacent cupboard Drill new holes in the hinge plates so you can have screws in a new location

Yes. 'Holts Chemical Metal'

It goes from goo to rubbery to rock hard in a few minutes.

You can fill all crumbling chip with it, and then re-drill or chance simply inserting the bolt thing into the goo.

Best way to use is to mix,. slap in, then cover with sheet of ply there to and press down - a bit of ply and some clamps or pegs work well - till it goes 'rubbery'

Then expose it and use a serrated knife to scrape or cut excess. Be fast, you have a few minutes only. You can rub surplus off melamine at this point with your thumb.

Finally drill for fixing and reinsert. If more cupboard falls away, repeat.

But it sounds like the holes on the door are the problem.

Body filler in the screw holes and the 35mm hole should do it but, yes there's usually plenty of room for two new holes on that part of the hinge.

Pity it's the door as if it were the carcass side you could have used one of these - just 70p and couple of quid small order charge.

I thought it was Shredded Wheat?

Assuming the hinges are held onto the doors by normal woodscrews, try glueing cocktail sticks in the screw holes with PVA, wait till dry, trim flush and re insert screws.

Depends on the distance to the cereal factory - I'm nearer to Kettering than Welwyn Garden City :)

Thanks everyone for your excellent replies! This is the first time I've visited the uk diy group and I'm really impressed. I've ordered a couple of the Woodfit repair plates which look excellent, and even I can't muck up fixing them (famous last words). cheers